Not only cigarette smoking but, to a lesser degree, also pipe and cigar smoking are highly deleterious to health. The smoking habit, which is addictive, shortens life expectancy and increases cardiovascular and cancer mortality. The recommendations to the public concerning the prevention of disease always include a warning against smoking. Smoking a pack of cigarettes a day shortens life expect...

Confucius associates the good and beautiful. Li (translated variously as “ritual propriety,” “ritual,” “etiquette,” or “propriety”) embodies entire spectrum of interaction with humans, nature, even material objects. I argue that attempts to introduce an ethical ontology, not “what,” but “the way.” The “way” reality becomes known deliberate participation Dao. In other words, through interaction....

The learning of Chinese has, for years, been regarded a s a matter that requires some special skill. At present there are still many people who have notbeen reached by the results of modern linguistic research and therefore they still look upon the learning of Chinese with the same attitude that Confucius had for the supernatural. When he was asked to give his opinion concerning it, Confucius s...

Trypanosome alternative oxidase (TAO) is the cytochrome-independent terminal oxidase of the mitochondrial electron transport chain. TAO is a diiron protein that transfers electrons from ubiquinol to oxygen, reducing the oxygen to water. The mammalian bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei depend solely on TAO for respiration. The inhibition of TAO by salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM) or ascofurano...

Graphical Abstract „My next goal is to conduct peptide assembly on biointerfaces for bioanalysis … The most important thing I have learned from my students think outside of the box.“ Find out more about Tao Jiang in his Introducing Profile.

To Rami, Alfons and Mimi " It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. " – Confucius VII